Idiom
give a rip
Meaning
To care.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He does not give a rip about the rules.”
“She worked hard on the project, but her partner did not seem to give a rip about the final grade.”
“Despite the mounting evidence that the policy was failing, the director did not give a rip, choosing instead to ignore the concerns of his staff.”
Examples
simple
“He does not give a rip about the rules.”
contextual
“She worked hard on the project, but her partner did not seem to give a rip about the final grade.”
complex
“Despite the mounting evidence that the policy was failing, the director did not give a rip, choosing instead to ignore the concerns of his staff.”
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